MYTHS OF LAWANG SEWU
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Lawang Sewu is one of the central tourism icons located in the middle of Semarang City. Lawang Sewu location is on the street Pemuda Komplek Tugu Muda, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.
Each room in the Lawang Sewu area has an average of three front, rear and side doors. At this side door we can look away from the end of the room to the other end of the room. Lawang Sewu consists of two buildings. The main Lawang Sewu building lies to the west of L-shaped, with its angle facing Tugu Muda, which was once the park of Wilhelmina. In the corner there is an entrance flanked by two towers with a tower whose upper part forms an eighth-shaped copula hooded dome.
Lawang Sewu which has the literal meaning of the Thousand Door, indeed Lawang Sewu building exudes the beauty of the phenomena of the grandeur of the art deco-style building. Lawang Sewu, which has many doors and story history inherent in the minds of Indonesian and International people, always make the curiosity for every individual who passes at Tugu Muda Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.
By raising a million questions in the heart for anyone who looks closely at them. Every corner of Lawang Sewu building shows a beautiful architectural style. However, frankly in the mind of the author arises a question, "why Lawang Sewu page is not used as a parking lot of visitors' vehicles?".
It turns out the answer that the author got from a guide Lawang Sewu, Lawang Sewu building was built without bone iron on the pole. However, from each binder pole architect style digedung this using granite stone as penahannya premises thick thickness of the pole, with the basic material of the choice of building sourced from the soil in the area of Indonesia. Many science writers get on every trip to every tourist attraction.
Browse Lawang Sewu's most beautiful area by using the guide provided by the Lawang Sewu building manager. This will bring us to feel and get all the valuable information in Lawang Sewu location area.
Not far from Lawang Sewu admission ticket, we will find a building, where there is a drilling well that has a depth of 1000 m. From the information the authors found that the borehole serves to meet the needs of activities located in the area Lawang Sewu in earlier times.
Entering the black iron gate of the author and the participants began to search through a ticket booth to coordinate with Lawang Sewu officials and guide to bring and direct the tour participants who the writers take to enjoy the tour in Lawang Sewu by obtaining educational information from each objects that we will pass in Lawang Sewu.
Lawang Sewu Ticket Price
Lawang Sewu is open from 07.00-21.00 WIB. Lawang Sewu admission price consists of
Adult: Rp. 10.000, -
Children (3-12 years): Rp. 5,000, -
Student: Rp.5.000, -
Well, for Ejawantah Wisata friends who will take a trip to Lawang Sewu Tourism Object can buy entrance tickets at the entrance gate of Lawang Sewu lawn with the price listed above.Lawang Sewu is one of the tourist object will be a mythical story myth inside area of the building. Especially at the time of nightfall, therefore the manager of Lawang Sewu open the visit up to 21.00 pm.
Paying attention to Lawang Sewu's old building by searching every building contained in Lawang Sewu area, we will get directions and directions from a map displayed at Lawang Sewu building. The direction map of Lawang Sewu visit path will make it easier for us to browse every object that we can visit in Lawang Sewu area, and make us will feel safe and comfortable, because will not collide with other visitor from opposite direction.
History Lawang Sewu ............
From the information that the author got in Lawang Sewu location. Lawang Sewu was designed by architect C.Citroen from Firma JF Klinkhamer and BJ Quendag at the beginning of the 20th century for the first railway company in Java known as Nederlands Indichs Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS). Lawang Sewu was built in 1904 and the Lawang Sewu development process takes 3 years.
The use of Lawang Sewu building was inaugurated on July 1, 1907. In front of Lawang Sewu used to be a place passing by tram railway of Semarang City, Bulu - Jombang department. After independence Lawang Sewu building used for office Railways Indonesia (DKARI) or now we are familiar with the name of PT. Kereta Api Indonesia
This can be found on the front lawang Sewu area of an ancient railway locomotive and one of the showrooms contained in a backyard building located in Lawang Sewu area. Where we will find an equipment to set the railroad tracks.
In addition Lawang Sewu was once used as the Office of Infrastructure of the Regional Military Command (Kodam IV / Diponegoro) and the Regional Office (kanwil) of the Central Java Transportation Department.
Interesting information that the author found in Lawang Sewu this, Lawang Sewu does not have the number of thousand doors. Because Lawang Sewu building has many doors and rooms, so with intention to ease the memory of this building, it is called Lawang Sewu.
But this is new according to information that the author got from colleagues guide Lawang Sewu. Not that the author has done the proof by counting the number of doors in the building area Lawang Sewu. He ...... x9
Suggestion writer when we are in Lawang Sewu area, do not ever try to count yourself by kovensional number of door which is inside this Lawang Sewu building area. Because this will cause us to get carried away and feel the phenomenon of common human disease, "forget" and "lazy". Yes that's the answer I always get from every colleague who the author asks. Companions are pleased to calculate the number of their own door conventionally in Lawang Sewu building area. He ... x9.
This makes the writer's mind to look back for a moment to align the mind with the real historical reality, that for a long time the Indonesian nation, has been introduced by the Dutch with a well drilling technology to find springs in meeting the needs of activities in the area Lawang Sewu building in the colonial era.
During the colonial era Lawang Sewu has its own historical record for the Indonesian nation, that is, when the Five Day Battling event in Semarang City (October 14 - 19 October 1945). Lawang Sewu which is a silent witness to the intense battle between the youth of the Youth Train Against the Kempetai (AMKA) and the Kidobutai from Japan. Many fighters are killed in this battleground.
Inscription
The information the author got from a Lawang Sewu guide, the five-day battle took a lot of lives in the area of Lawang Sewu building whose corpses were dumped behind the lawang Sewu dungeon and dungeon. However, a search has been conducted in this area of Lawang Sewu, the remnant or former bodies of battle victims in this area not one body was found. And ..... from the results of research and search only 6 corpses found and buried in the front lawang Sewu, just under the prasati located in front of Lawang Sewu.
However, the author's opinion in private. Apart from a story of truth contained beneath the monument pre-embedded six corpses of five-day battles in Semarang City in 1945. This inscription is a symbol of the spirit and commitment of the youth of the Railway at that time to a national identity that maintains its nation's independence from colonialism .
Seeing a major and historic event, Semarang City Government issued the Mayor's Decree of 650/50/1992, to include Lawang Sewu as one of the 102 ancient or historic buildings in Semarang City that should be protected and preserved.
LOWER ROOM LAWANG SEWU ...............
Lawang Sewu Ground Floor
In addition to many doors, Lawang Sewu has another uniqueness that is the basement in every building in Lawang Sewu area. The information the author got from Lawang Sewu guiding companion, initially this basement was used for wastewater treatment system and also to cool the building by filling the water in the existing tubs.
Logically simple thought of this thing is certainly true, visible from the pipes are arranged regularly, with a variety of sizes. However, during the Japanese colonial era, this dungeon was used as a prison by making barriers the size of an adult squatting body. Can we imagine, with the air oozing and the water pooled how tortured the prisoners were placed in this dungeon.
The basement of Lawang Sewu, now used as the location of a separate attraction, especially the underground location located in the rear building Lawang Sewu area. At the time the writer returns alone without the tour participants. The author is directed by Lawang Sewu guides to the back area of Lawang Sewu building.
LAWANG SEWU AND MYTHIC MITOS
Down the lobby of the first floor and try to stomp your feet, slowly the writer hears a sound indicating there is a room with empty space below it. However, to enter the basement in the back area of Lawang Sewu building we need not be afraid. Because the basement has been equipped with lighting lamps that can be arranged pencahayannya.
Well ....... for the friends who will feel the test of guts and have great guts can visit the attractions of the basement Lawang Sewu and can feel and touch the dimensions of another world by greeting each other and get acquainted. Thus, the basement of Lawang Sewu building located in the back area is the right object, as the object of "Wisata Dua Alam".
The atmosphere and the mystical fragrance that we can feel on the way down every step on the way to the kerung kerang underground Lawang Sewu already we can feel the first time we menginjakan feet in front of the entrance to the underground location.
We will get a companion in this underground location from the manager of Lawang Sewu building. And we will be inquired to the officer for lighting capacity lamp that we will need when going to explore the basement of Lawang Sewu.
Together with other tour groups, the author searches the crypt with very little lighting, and instead of light we agreed to use only the flashlight provided by the tour manager Lawang Sewu.
Slowly and undoubtedly the search for the crypt of Lawang Sewu runs leisurely. From every step and eye of our eyes, will certainly direct our mind to see and feel what is inside Lawang Sewu dungeon.
The water that tergenag in the hallway crypt Lawang Sewu writer note in a sesakma with some flashlight counterparts in the group. It turns out the water beneath the ground is very clear. And strangely in this basement location, the writer and her fellow tour group did not feel a single mosquito bite.
Logically, the mosquitoes have potential for breeding in moist areas and there are puddles of water. However, during this location rarely do writers and other colleagues find it. Perhaps this is just a coincidence that the author shared with the entourage.
At the time the writer along with the rest of the entourage stopped at one of Lawang Sewu's cryptic stops, Lawang Sewu's basement tour guide told us the location that had been used for filming the "gut test".
That's where the author feels a very different natural phenomenon. The alien aroma comes to the writer's nose with coupled with the furry atmosphere terbagun roma. However, there are some participants who do not feel the same, even they are engrossed with all ketajubkannya get to the location of filming the movie "test of guts".
Unbeknownst to the other tour participants, and caught the eye by the author, a guide with whom we interacted with the astral realms around us. However, this does not have time writers capture in a frame painting the incident in the photo. Because the position of the writer's camera battery is not able to be invited to capture the image again.
From the experience of the authors traced Lawang Sewu, the author hopes that if we will conduct tours in the basement Lawang Sewu should check himself first to a private doctor or any general practitioner. This is so we can know the ownership of our heart disease. Whether our hearts enter a weak category or not, and has potential heart disease.
Doing the Lawang Sewu underground passage we will know more about a mythical story of the local people, not only enjoying the beautiful charm of Geang Lawang Sewu, however, we can also feel a different atmosphere.
Where the new knowledge about the mythical story of society about the basement of Lawang Sewu can we know personally without having to tibul a question again, of course a personal experience story has its own goal of every travel experience that we will receive and brought in our daily lives .
Myth is a belief. And such beliefs are not coercive. However, the mythical story of Lawang Sewu's basement about the existence of the original being is true. Because the logic of faith if a room that is not occupied and enlivened with a human activity, then there will be other occupants who occupy the room. Moreover, this basement is a damp room.
Suggestion writers that we do not need to believe in myth, because a myth will get closer to the action of shirk (dear God). It's good if we just simply believe and respect without having to believe. So that we are not entangled in the myth game itself.
When the condition of our bodies in a healthy and fit, then we do a night tour in the area of Lawang Sewu building, especially Lawang Sewu basement tour. You want to try Lawang Sewu underground tour?
O yes, for information guide in Lawang Sewu area there are two areas and this is different according to function and duty. For Lawang Sewu basement tour guide, we will be charged a separate administrative fee for the cost of the guide.
And for Lawang Sewu area tour guides who are not on duty in the basement area, usually the author gives tips on pengusaan science field dikusainya, and service in providing solutions and answers to every service to guests tourists who authors take to the object Lawang Sewu wisat. Because some value of money will never be equal or equal to break even with the information we get on a tour that creates an educational value. And it depends on each of us who will react to it.
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